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bound

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noun (2)

as in leap
an act of leaping into the air the kangaroo took one giant bound and was gone

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verb (1)

bound

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verb (2)

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as in to hop
to move with a light springing step the child giggled and bounded off to play with her friends

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as in to leap
to propel oneself upward or forward into the air a rabbit bounded down the garden path

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bound

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adjective

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Recent Examples of bound
Noun
Then, Pribula threw a backward pass that went out of bounds, for a loss of 6. Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2025 Hooper reached over Titans cornerback L’Jarius Sneed for the catch and held on while getting both feed in bounds through contact. Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
And speaking of guest stars doing all of the trio’s investigative work for them, Richard Kind then bounds into the room (as Richard Kinds are wont to do) with a huge development of his own. Tom Smyth, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025 The neighborhood is roughly bounded by East Maddox Avenue to the north, Wichita Street to the east, Mitchell Boulevard and Glen Garden Drive to the south and Sycamore Creek to the west. Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
These tightly bound, spherical swarms often contain hundreds of thousands of stellar bodies and play host to some of the oldest stars in our galaxy. Anthony Wood, Space.com, 17 Aug. 2025 Corrections officers strap the black-and-blue mask with a plexiglass face shield to the bound inmate, Hood said, removing his glasses and instructing another person present strap the mask tightly to his face, before breathing deeply. Arkansas Online, 15 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bound
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Adjective
  • The Broncos seemed determined to splatter Ragu on Mona Lisa.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Bernadette Fox, a brilliant but agoraphobic architect, mysteriously disappears, sending her 15-year-old daughter, Bee, on a determined search.
    Kris Slugg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Cody Balmer stood outside an iron fence surrounding the resolute brick mansion, waiting and watching the home where his target slept.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
  • His fitness record and resolute performances playing a big role in helping Everton survive during a turbulent chapter in the club’s modern history.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • In the musical film, HUNTR/X faces their biggest threat yet in the form of the Saja Boys, a rival boy band comprised of demons intent on stealing the ladies' fanbase and feasting on their souls.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
  • At the end of 2018, Top Rank became intent on signing Tyson Fury.
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Bound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bound. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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